The Rams pull out a 26-21 victory at the Hoosier Dome Over the Colts!

The visiting Rams had their hands full playing the Colts in the Hoosier Dome. The Rams found themselves  behind 14-7 after two turnovers .  Eric Dickerson scored on a 1 yard run with 1:23 left in the second quarter. Mike Lanssford couldn't convert the point after  due to the holder fumbling the hold. Going into halftime 14-13 Colts lead.  The Colts received the kickoff starting the 3rd quarter . Gary Hogeboom struck gold hitting Bill Brooks on a 45 yard pass and Biasucci kicking the PAT going up 21-13 with 6:54 left in the 3rd quarter. That was the only score in the  3rd quarter.
      Going into the 4th quarter the Rams still had plenty of time to get the win.  The Rams drove 7 plays going 63 yards using 3:19 off the clock with Eric Dickerson hitting paydirt on a 5 yard run and Mike Lansford nailing the PAT . The Colts up 21-20 with 11:34 left in the 4th quarter.    The Colts got the ball back and drove 5 plays for 43 yards before losing possession on a fumble  a loss of 1 yard by Albert Bentley getting crushed by  Mike Wilcher of the Rams wasting the clock of 2:21. The Rams got the ball back pounding out a nice scoring drive of 11 plays for  66 yards burning the clock of 5:37 minutes scoring on a Steve Dils to  Mike Young  5 yard short pass going up  26-21 over the Colts. Mike Lansford was unable to kick the PAT, fumbled snap again. The Rams shut down the Colts on the next possession and ran the clock out.
      The visiting Rams improve to 2-1 record and play on the Road next week against the Philadelphia Eagles.  The Colts dropping to 0-3,  host the New York Jets next week.   The individual stats of the teams are  : Rams-  Steve Dils attempted  22 passes completing 13 for 150 yards 1 TD and QB rating of 94.9%.  Steve Bartkowski started the game attempting 11 passes completing 8 of them for 80 yards 1 TD , 1 INT Qb rating of 85.4%. Eric  Dickerson was the game MVP. rushing for 115 yards carrying the ball 21 times, 2 TD's and  added  1 receiving TD. Eric Redden rushed for 10 carries for 62 yards, no touchdowns, 
     The Colts QB Gary Hogeboom attempted 29 passes completed 18  for 266 yards 2 TD"S and 2 INT's, 86.3 % QB rating,  His effort kept the game close all the way through. The brightest star for the Colts was Bill Brooks catching 6 passes for 134 yards  2 TD's avg of 22.3 ysrds per catch.
Fun game... thanks Bill Sindelar for subbing  for the computer. You definitely made me work for the win.